Sunday's "My Life Story" entry No. 6

"Two Women Running on a Beach" by Pablo Picasso

Tell about a club or an organization to which you belong.

I currently belong to one club and one organization although there are many clubs and organizations I would like to belong; there's just not enough days in a week. The club I currently belong to is a group called the Racy Ladies, which by name alone sounds like something mildly indecent, but it's actually a running group. Racy Ladies was founded in 1974 by Sally Montruccio and is still going strong. It's made up of all different kinds of ladies who are committed to fitness and the well being of their children. (No scary gym care providers here.) The women are at all levels of ability. Some women have or are training for marathons, triathlons or other races and others are just trying to get in their workout for the day. We run anywhere from 5 to 8 hard horse trail miles. It's a sweaty workout! We run the horse tails along the exclusive Rancho Santa Fe golf course or around and through the sprawling estates of Rancho Santa Re and Olivenhain. I am so covetous of how big their lots are and how custom their houses appear. Ohhh... maybe one day.



The organization I belong to is one of I believe, the greatest organizations any women can belong to. That organization is the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The Relief Society is the women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is one of the oldest and largest women's organizations in the world. Its purpose is to bring women and their families to Christ and to help them become their best selves.The motto of this organization is “Charity never faileth.” Its goal is to celebrate the very best that is womanhood and it honors homemaking, marriage and motherhood as divinely important roles for women at a time when most women who choose these roles find themselves devalued. Bonnie D. Parkin, a former Relief Society general president said, “We have been given an organization to build our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, to feel his love, and to extend that love to all. The Relief Society is that organization”. I am grateful to be apart of the Relief Society and grateful to how it has blessed my life.